The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-01-07
BEAST, BIRD AND FISH.

They are talking Of stocking the lakes in
Central park, n. Y. =, with fish. .,r
The demand for frogs is so great in the
vicinity of the larger eastern cities that frog
farms are springing up everywhere.
A pet parrot attacked a babe 6 weeks old
i'm its cradle the other day and picked hole
through its skull, 90 sRliison, Ind The in
juries aresprobabiy fatal.
In 1860 speculator introduced seven rab-
bits into New Zealand. Since that time they
haveincreased SO rapidly that between 1874
and 1854 5000, 600 rabbit skins were ex-
ported ~ ~.
A Pennsylvania farmer who has been
troubled with crows, scattered a peck of
whisky soaked corn in his field. The crows
got inebriated, flew away and never re-
turned. A ConnecticGs farmer tried the
same thing and now he finds the crows wait
ing for him every morning.
The largest dog in the world Is now in
Philadelphia. In appearance he is cross
between Siberian bloodhound and mas
tiff. He IS six feet long from the root of his
tail to his nose, four feet high and weighs 1873
pounds. He cost 81, goo and was imported
direct from Vienna.
There is at Leeds, England an ormtholog-
ical association. Among other things they
study the songs of wild birds Not long ago
they pitted full song acclimated nightin-
gale against a Yankee mocking bird. First
the nightingale led off, until everything lie
sang was duplicated and improved upon by
our national songster. Then the mocking
bird struck off into new field Of song The
nightingale listened but did not repeat. He
pined away and died within week
A 4-year-old child was trying to cross the
street railroad track on the south side Of the
market house in Cincinnati, the other day,
when frightened by the near approach of o
car, the little fellow in turning fell directly
across the track. The horses passed over the
boy without injuring him, and before any
injury could be done, a dog, sitting with his
master at the corner of the market house,
rushed to the child and pulled it from the
track by its clothes just Us the wheels wera
about to crush it.
On the 9th of July reporter Of an Edin-
burgh evening newspaper took out with him
to Ratko few miles from the Scottish ma
tropolis, q carrier pigeon to be dispatched
with a message to the office giving the result
of the Ratho games. The bird was duly sent
on its homeward way rejoicing, but only
reached its destination on Tuesday last-four
months after its Dispatch 1t was in splendid
condition, and had round its leg portion of
the message, worn but still decipherable.
Query: Where has the bird been spending
its holiday! ssszs
In view OF the fact that the buffalo will
soon become extinct in the United States, the
National museum recently sent its taxider-
mist, William T. Hornaday, with two or
three assistants, to Montana and Wyoming
for the purpose Of securing good specimens
before it is too late. Mr.. Hornaday reports
in a letter to Professor Baird that be has sue
ceeded in getting twelve of these animals,
some of which will be mounted and placed
OIL exhibition in the National museum, and
the remainder distributed to the principal
colleges OF the country.
John Templeton, blacksmith, of Albany,
bas fine large English mastiff Recently he
was working at the forge when piece of hot
steel flew up and imbedded itself in his fore
head. The blacksmith staggered and fell
backward. How long he was unconscious he
does not know. but when he revived the deg
lay in the middle Of the shop, crying almost
like human being and rubbing his jaw in
The dust of the floor. The piece of steel that
had struck Mr.. 1empleton lay short dis
tance from the dog The faithful animal had
seized the hot steel with his teeth and drew it
from the frontal bone of Mr.. Templetons
head. The dogs mouth was badly burned.